Historical Events In 1920

Oct 29   Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes) in the year 1920.  

Oct 31   Romania annexes Bessarabia on this day in history.  

Nov 01   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in NYC  

Nov 01   On this day in history james J Kilpatrick, Okla City Okla, columnist (60 Minutes)  

Nov 02   On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73  

Nov 02   Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 02   KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station in the year 1920.  

Nov 02   Warren G Harding elected President on this day in history.  

Nov 03   On this day in history "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater  

Nov 04   On this day in history georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)  

Nov 05   Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1920.  

Nov 06   In the year 1920 john Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC)  

Nov 08   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn on this day in history.  

Nov 10   George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in NYC in the year 1920.  

Nov 10   In the year 1920 tod Andrews, NYC, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage)  

Nov 11   Roy Jenkins, British MP (Labour) in the year 1920.  

Nov 12   Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner in the year 1920.  

Nov 12   Richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Hudson River frozen at Albany on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1920 american Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards  

Nov 14   In the year 1920 johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)  

Nov 15   On this day in history ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen," premieres in Neurenberg  

Nov 15   On this day in history free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection  

Nov 15   League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited  

Nov 16   Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer in the year 1920.  

Nov 16   Postage meter first used in US in lieu of postage stamps on this day in history.  

Nov 18   Alfred William Bedford, test pilot on this day in history.  

Nov 18   In the year 1920 apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC  

Nov 19   Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Next Page »

Jan 01   Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 01   In the year 1920 birth of roger Peacock, writer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)  

Jan 02   Duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)  

Jan 02   Penelope Jessel, politcal activist was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02   In the year 1920 birth of peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)  

Jan 01   Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843)  

Jan 07   On this day in history death of edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of john Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)  

Jan 16   Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876) died in the year 1920.  

Jan 25   On this day in history amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35  

Jan 26   In the year 1920 death of matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered